MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) has chosen Smartner Information Systems to bring the leading edge mobile office solution to the enterprise and residential market in Bahrain. With the deployment of Smartner Duality Always-on Mail solution, MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) is the first operator in the Middle East region to bring push solution to its individual, small business and corporate customers.

Push e-Mail is a service that allows MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain)’s customers to send and receive their e-Mails from their handsets devices. The new solution pushes new e-Mails automatically to mobile devices. No user interaction is required.

“To further emphasize our leadership position in introducing the latest in wireless and mobile technology to our residential and corporate customers in Bahrain, we are very excited to be the first operator in the Middle East to provide our customers with push e-Mail service and help them migrate to the new era in mobile technology”, said Khalid Muhtadi, Chief Operations Officer - IT and Customer Services at MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain). “We have very smart customers in Bahrain and thus there is a lot of interest in the market for mobile e-Mail solutions. Smartner was our solution provider of choice because its advanced handset, rich in features, simple to deploy, and meets our strict security requirements,” he added.

"We are happy to enter the Middle East market with such an innovative mobile operator. By choosing Smartner as the mobile e-Mail provider, MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) has strengthened our position as the leading provider of mobile e-Mail for standard devices”, said Paul Hedman, Chief Executive Officer of Smartner. “Our solution works in all language environments ranging from Arabic to Russian and Chinese in addition to European languages. This makes our solution perfect for MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) and MTC Group with a multicultural customer base including local and international business travelers and residential users. At the time when many companies speak a lot about their forthcoming functionalities, we are proud to deliver and ship the best functionality and widest offering when it comes to push-based mobile office solutions."